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HOOP OR BAND FOB. BARRELS AND OTHER LIKE REGEPTAGLES.

Patented'June 23,1885.

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'WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES W. WESTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HOOP OR BAND FOR BARRELS AND OTHER LIKE RECEPTACLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,732, dated June 23, 1885.

Application filed October 15, 1384.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES W. WEs'roN, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in I-Ioops or Bands for Barrels and other Like Receptacles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to hoops or bands for barrels, tubs, pails, and other like receptacles or articles; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a barrel secured by wire bands or hoops embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a longitudinal view of a portion of the wire from or of which certain of said hoops or bands are formed, and Fig. 3 a similar view showing a modified construction of the wire.

A in each case indicates a single-strand wire of or from which the looped hoop or band is formed. Said wire is bent at regular or irregular distances apart in its length to form loops 1), arranged to lie facially in the same plane with each other, and transversely to the length of the wire and plane of the hoop when bent around the barrel B. Said wire is straight or in the same plane as the hoop for the greater portion of its length, and the intervening loops 1), which only require to be at certain points in the hoop, are close or shut ones, and should be of sufficient size to receive the shanks of nails 0 through them to secure the hoop or band to its place, but not to allow the heads of the nails to pass therethrough.

In Fig. 1 certain of the hooping or banding wires applied to and secured on the barrel have only any number of separated single loops b, arranged to project from one side ofthe wire, while others of thewires have separated single loops b, arranged to alternate from opposite sides of the wire, or a given (No model.)

number of such separated loops may be arranged in succession on one side of the wire and a given number in succession'on the opposite side of the wire.

In Fig. 2 the hooping or banding wire A is shown as having both separated single loops 1) and an intermediate cluster of two or more continuous loops Z) on the same side of the wire with each other and with the separated single loops, although these latter may be on the opposite side of the wire, or certain of them on one side of the wire and others on the reverse side thereof. By clustering the loops at one or more points the hoop,or band will be strengthened, and increased facility afiorded for laying and securing the hoop or band to its place.

In Fig. 3 a still stronger hooping or banding wire is shown, the same being bent to form double loops Z) I) on opposite sides of the wire, such double loops either being single or in clusters, as shown in said figures.

This looped hooping or bandingwire may be very easily made by machinery, and will be found to possess great strength and durability and be very rapidly applied and se cured. Being only in the form of a single strand,it will be superior to two or more strands twisted together, and may not only take the place of hoop-iron, but also of wooden hoops for casks and barrels.

If desired, to prevent the loops from opening, rings or other fastenings may be applied to the contracted portions of the loops.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A hoop or band for barrels and other like receptacles made of a single strand of wire of circular form in the same plane for the greater portion of its length with a series of intervening portions at regular or irregular distances apart constructed to form close nailing-loops, essentially as shown and described.

JAMES W. IVESTON'.

Witnesses:

A. GREGORY, O. SEDGWIOK. 

